E=mc2

Mass itself, is an EXTREMELY dense form of potential energy.
Even if a teeny tiny bit of mass was completely converted into kinetic energy (annihilation),
it would level a city. Go ahead and type in your mass/weight in kilograms, or the mass of something
else, like a paper clip, to see how much energy it has. comparisons

Every red pixel = 1 MEGATON of energy. The combined energy of the 2 nuclear bombs dropped on
Japan (Little Boy and Fat Man), would not even register as 1 red pixel. Even 20X their
combined power would not even register as just 1 red pixel in this box.
This box holds up to 70,000 red pixels.

When you type in your weight (mass) and see how many red pixels it equals, it may not look like much, but each teeny red
pixel on the screen represents an absolutely HUGE amount of energy. As a further comparison, since Little Boy and Fat Man are
outdated technology, the largest thermonuclear weapon detonated by the USA, Castle Bravo = 15 red pixels. The largest detonated by Russia, Tzar
Bomba = 50 red pixels. This entire box, represents MORE than half the energy the entire world consumes in a year.

note: Firefox and Apple Safari are able to populate the box with significant amounts of red instantly, but IE 7.0 lags.

This is a list of different masses that you can type in. Some of these figures are the actual mass of an object, while others are not the mass of the object,
but the mass that was annihilated by the object, such as a nuclear bomb.

This 1st section is graps, so all listed values are either the amount of grams annihilated (nukes) or how many grams its mass is (random objects).

0.014 Megatons

The explosive yield of Little Boy, the first nuclear bomb dropped on Japan. ~0.0006517 grams of mass was destroyed.

0.023 Megatons

The explosive yield of Fat Man, the second nuclear bomb dropped on Japan.

0.03 Megatons

The amount of energy in a paper clip (1.4 grams). That's right, there is more energy in just 1
paper clip than either of the nukes dropped on Japan.

1.07 Megatons

The amount of energy in a nickel (5 grams, 0.05 kg). There is more energy in a nickel, than Little Boy, Fat Man, and a paper clip combined!
This of course is only counted the KE (kinetic energy) released by the nukes, not their PE (potential energy), because they weight MUCH more
than a nickel does.

13 Megatons

About the amount of energy the entire human population digests in a day.

15 Megatons

The explosive yield of Castle Bravo, the largest nuclear bomb detonated by the US. 698 grams of mass was annihilated.

19.5 Megatons

The amount of energy that would be released if a pound of antimatter came in contact with you.

50 Megatons

The explosive yield of Tzar Bomba, the largest nuclear bomb detonated in the world.

~3,700 Megatons

The energy released if the typical adult male (190 pounds) came in contact with his antimatter twin.

105,000 Megatons

The energy generated by the entire world in 2003.

100 Million Megatons

Estimated amount of energy released by the Dinosaur Killer Asteroid (Chicxulub).

95 Billion Megatons

The amount of energy the Sun generates every second.

There are many things that contain potential energy. Sugar, gasoline, fat/oil, TNT, gun powder, ethanol/alcohol and propane all contain potential energy. When a molecule of sugar, gasoline, TNT or alcohol is DESTROYED or 'burned', it releases the potential energy. In other words, the potential energy is converted into kinetic energy.

Albert Einstein realized that mass itself, was a form of potential energy. This means that if mass is DESTROYED/ANNHILATED, then its potential energy will be converted into kinetic energy. Einstein constructed an equation that would figure out how much kinetic energy would be produced by destroying mass. This equation is E=mc^2. E is for energy and M is for mass. Energy equals mass times C squared. C stands for the speed of light which is an incredibly huge number. Which means that mass contains an incredibly large amount of energy.

At the very top of this window there is a place to type in an amount of mass. Try typing in your weight and see how much energy would be released if all the energy contained in your mass was released.